The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 1075 - 1072 High Speech

Following Eternia’s call, a large group of elves arrived, mostly Elf Bugs, about a dozen Little Minor Elves, and two Greater Elves. These elves had already formed contracts with Eternia—indeed, Liszt himself does not intend to contract aquatic elves; leaving it to the mermaids is more convenient.

“What types of elves are these?”

“This is a Greater Sea Kelp Elf, I named it Shakalaka; this is a Greater Sea Urchin Elf, I named it Aristotel; this Little Minor Elf is…” Eternia introduced the aquatic elves one by one. The Greater Sea Kelp Elf and the Greater Sea Urchin Elf had names, the others did not.

From her tone during the introduction, it was discernible that she held no particular fondness for the elves, treating them merely as tools—after all, in the distant past, the Sea Kingdom used to capture Elf Bugs to trade with humans, regarding elves as mere marine products just like fish and shrimp.

Of course.

During the era when mermaids ruled the Sea Kingdom, there existed only Elf Bugs. Little Minor Elves, Greater Elves, and Dragon Elves hadn’t yet emerged.

Choice Bug Elves, indeed, differed little from fish and shrimp.

“Hmm, take good care of these elves, especially the Greater Sea Kelp Elf, as it can cultivate seaweed, a marine product of considerable value. Bluposi has been too busy lately; she has been developing the Salty Sea while also managing the Amazon Rainforest for me. With your return, you can take over the Amazon Rainforest.”

“As you wish,” Eternia easily agreed.

“Once you have accrued enough military achievements, I will appoint you as the Duke of the Great West and assign a section of the ocean as your fief,” Liszt said.

“Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty. I will manage the Amazon Rainforest well.”

With official tasks handed over, Liszt began to inquire about Eternia’s circumnavigational journey and any special experiences encountered. Though they had been in contact through the Magic Platform, many details could not be thoroughly conveyed through it.

“The ocean is lonelier than it was during the era of the Moon Empire, Your Majesty. The era I lived in is roughly the tail end of the Moon Empire or perhaps even after the Moon Empire had long vanished. Back then, the Cursed Dragon’s pollution had already enveloped the ocean, yet it was still more bustling than the current ocean.”

Eternia continued to lament, “In our era, not only were there numerous intelligent maritime races such as mermaids, Naga, Yu Chou, and Sea Serpents, but there were countless Sea Monsters as well, including the enormous Leviathan which was not considered rare. However, in this voyage, what I saw was desolation.”

Without the intelligent maritime races, mermaids, Naga, and Yu Chou had completely disappeared, and hardly any remnants of the once great Sea Kingdom’s palaces were found.

Sea Monsters, once prevalent across the oceans, were also rarely seen.

The only magical creature we discovered was the Sub-dragon – Hydra: “We organized several collective hunting expeditions, but the Hydra always escaped… The Hydra was located approximately in this part of the sea,” she pointed at a Legendary Continent map that was slowly becoming clearer, her fingertip landing on the northern waters of the continent.

This maritime area is adjacent to the coastal region of the Kushan Imperial.

“I will join hands with Acherloides when I get a chance to capture this Hydra. Given that Sub-dragons typically possess considerable intelligence, perhaps it could be tamed like Nimia the Giant Lion, turning the Hydra into a guardian beast.” Li Si Te greatly coveted this Hydra.

He coveted all magical things.

“Your Majesty, while in the waters of the Neverfall Empire, I encountered a Sea Serpent, who once lived on land. According to her, the language High Speech of the Neverfall Empire has a grammatical structure similar to Moon Language, much closer to it than Wind Language, Serpent Script, or Moon Language.”

“Even if it’s close, it’s not Moon Language. Only the Flame Kingdom continues the heritage of the Moon Empire and Sun Empire civilizations,” Li Si Te chuckled, “What else did you talk about with that Sea Serpent?”

“I asked her if she would like to come to the Flame Kingdom, and she said she would not.”

Although Sea Serpents were scarce in the great oceans, Acherloides wasn’t the only one; Li Si Te had previously encountered the elderly Sea Serpent Yisi. However, Yisi’s magical prowess was woefully poor, and historical records also have no mention of Sea Serpents possessing magical talents. From this point of view, Acherloides was truly unique.

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Sea Serpents truly were beautiful.

“Did you discuss any matters concerning the Neverfall Empire with the Sea Serpent?”

“Sorry, I’m not interested in the Neverfall Empire, so we didn’t touch upon that topic. Moreover, since our languages are ultimately different, our conversation was halting and not very pleasant. Compared to Lord Acherloides, that Sea Serpent seemed too ignorant, too naive.”

…

The return of Eternia was undoubtedly a significant help for our oceanic endeavors, and the number of Yu Chous was increasing, who could no longer be solely managed by the mermaid Bluposi.

Thus, Li Si Te returned to his frenzied training with the Grey Iron Dragon Ornn.

Time thus galloped ceaselessly towards the future.

Meanwhile, on Flame Island, the Royal Arcane Academy and various laboratories associated with the academy continually unveiled magic-technological products. Most of them were inventions related to public welfare, and the Arcanist System was steadily moving towards the “scholar” route envisioned by Li Si Te.

Magicians, no longer prioritizing learning powerful magic spells, had renamed themselves and were now primarily focused on researching various magic-technological inventions.

Amid this broader backdrop, located in the Whirlpool Estuary Domain – Estuary City, the Royal Shipyard as well as the ship research laboratory jointly financed by the Royal Shipyard and the Royal Arcane Academy announced a pivotal shift. The Chief Arcanist Inuit Truth proclaimed that the era of sailing ships was drawing to a close.

The Magic Power Ship was officially unveiled!